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Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Caretta caretta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 288, February 309, March 338, April 554, May 718, June 356, July 288, August 279, September 336, October 311, November 258, December 264.
United States21,504
Virginia4,298
North Carolina4,067
Georgia1,004
New York414
Alaska388
New Jersey382
South Carolina321
Hawaii301
Maryland239

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderTurtles and Tortoises · Testudines
FamilyTypical Sea Turtles · Cheloniidae
GenusLoggerhead sea turtles · Caretta

Sources

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